FINDING THE NET
MNINAWA NTLOKO: Brace yourselves for Boks and Bafana emotional drama
It is not every day that SA’s three main national teams are in action at the same time. But given recent performances, some of us are not looking forward to the weekend with the same enthusiasm we would if circumstances were different. Bafana Bafana host Group D leaders Burkina Faso at FNB Stadium on Saturday in a World Cup qualifier they have to win if they are to continue clinging to fading hopes of lining up against the world’s best national teams in Russia in 2018. But if Bafana’s performances in their World Cup qualifiers against Cape Verde in September are anything to go by, there’s really no point raising our hopes and expecting the team to put up a fight. If Bafana could not beat Cape Verde and suffered back-to-back defeats to the tiny islanders, how in the blazes are they going to beat a team coach Stuart Baxter himself said looked frightening? I’m told the Bafana players sleepwalked their way through training on Tuesday morning and, quite frankly, any hope they can raise t...
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